Health notes: Car seat check, giveaway

BYRON CENTER -- Car seats will be checked for free from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at Metro Health Hospital in Byron Center. Free “no-back” boosters also will be available for families with children who meet weight and height requirements, while supplies last.

The giveaway will be in the same area the Metro Health farm market meets at the hospital, 5900 Byron Center Ave. SW, Wyoming Call 252-7946 to register.

Nominations under way

Community members have opportunity to nominate award recipients for the ninth annual Together We Can appreciation dinner. The dinner, sponsored by the Lakeshore Alliance Against Domestic and Sexual Violence and Allegan County Coordinating Council on Domestic Violence, honors three recipients who help prevent domestic and sexual violence.

Nominees can include clergy, volunteers, police officers, case managers, social workers and others. Deadline to submit a nomination is 5 p.m., Sept. 28. E-forms are available at laadsv.org, or by e-mail, kflowerday@miottawa.org. Send nominee forms to Val Lyle, Sylvia’s Place, P.O. Box 13, Allegan, MI, 49010, or e-mail: vall@sylviasplace.com. Please do not notify the candidates they have been nominated.

Thursday: Cholesterol and blood pressure screenings. Cost is $15-$25 per person. Call the Kent County Health Department to schedule an appointment: 632-7290.

Sept. 7: Free support group for those who care for people with Alzheimer’s disease or other dementias, 6-7 p.m., United Methodist Community House,
904 Sheldon Ave. SE. Call Arlene Colbert, 821-9186, for details.